Luke 4

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1. 1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.
2. 2For 40 days the devil tempted him there. He ate nothing during that entire time, and when it was over, he was hungry.
3. 3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to turn into bread."
4. 4Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"
5. 5Then the devil led him up to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant.
6. 6The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I choose."
7. 7So if you worship me, it will all be yours."
8. 8Jesus answered, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written: 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"
9. 9Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem and placed him on the highest point of the temple. He said, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.
10. 10For it is written: 'He will command his angels to watch over you,'
11. 11and, 'They will lift you up in their hands so that you won't even strike your foot against a stone.'"
12. 12Jesus replied, "It is said: 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
13. 13When the devil had finished all the temptation, he left him for a time.
14. 14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread throughout the entire region.
15. 15He taught in their synagogues, and was glorified by all.
16. 16He traveled to Nazareth, the town where he'd grown up. On the Sabbath he went to the synagogue as he always did and stood up to read.
17. 17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He unrolled it and found the passage that says:
18. 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, and to set at liberty those who are bruised,
19. 19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20. 20He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. Every eye in the synagogue was fixed on him.
21. 21Then he began to say to them, "Today, this scripture is fulfilled in your ears."
22. 22Everyone spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that came from his mouth. Then they asked, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
23. 23He said to them, "No doubt you'll quote this proverb at me: 'Doctor, heal yourself!' You'll say, 'Do here in your hometown what we've heard you did in Capernaum.'"
24. 24Then he added, "I tell you the truth — no prophet is accepted in his own hometown.
25. 25But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, and a great famine was throughout all the land;
26. 26Yet Elijah wasn't sent to any of them. Instead, he was sent to a widow in Zarephath, in the region of Sidon.
27. 27And there were many lepers in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.
28. 28When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were furious.
29. 29They jumped to their feet, forced him out of the city, and dragged him to the edge of the hill their town was built on, intending to throw him off the cliff.
30. 30But Jesus walked right through the middle of the crowd and went on his way.
31. 31He went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and taught the people on the Sabbath.
32. 32They were astonished at his doctrine because his word was with power.
33. 33In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he screamed at the top of his voice,
34. 34"Leave us alone! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!"
35. 35Jesus commanded him sharply, "Be silent and come out of him!" The demon threw the man down in front of everyone, then came out without hurting him.
36. 36Everyone was amazed and talked among themselves, saying, 'What a word this is! For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.'
37. 37News about him spread to every corner of the surrounding region.
38. 38Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a severe fever, and they begged Jesus to help her.
39. 39He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and began serving them.
40. 40As the sun was going down, people brought everyone they knew who was sick with all kinds of diseases to Jesus. He placed his hands on each one of them and healed them.
41. 41Demons also came out of many people, shouting, "You are Christ, the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and wouldn't let them speak, because they knew he was the Christ.
42. 42At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a remote place. The crowds searched for him, and when they found him, they tried to keep him from leaving.
43. 43But he told them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to other towns too. That's why I was sent."
44. 44So he continued preaching in the synagogues throughout Galilee.